Safety-pin



(N Model.)

W. 1-]. MICHAEL. SAFETY PIN.

No 601,666; Patented Apr. 5,1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QEEI E.

WILLIE E. MICHAEL, or ENTERPRISE, wEsT VIRGINIA.

SAFETY-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,666, dated April 5,1898.

I Application filed July 29, 1897. Serial No. 646,398. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, l/VILLIE E. lVIICHAEL, of Enterprise, in the countyof Harrison and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Safety-Pins; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to safety-pins, the object of the samebeing toprovide a simple and cheaply-constructed device of this character whichis'provided with means for looking the pin in its keeper and with meanswhereby the lock may be released when it is desired to detach the pin. 7

The invention consists of a safety-pin constructed of -a single piece ofwire whose body portion is formed with a keeper at its forward end andhas a coil located just above said keeper, rearwardly-extendin gparallel arms having a flange at one end thereof, constituting afinger-engaging portion by means of which it may be turned, and anofiset or shoulder formed on said arms at a point adjacent to said coil,the said offset or shoulder serving as a stop for preventing the pinfrom slipping out of its keeper.

The invention also consists in other details of construction andcombinations of parts, which willbe hereinafter more fully described andclaimed.

In the drawings forminga part of this specification, Figure 1 representsa perspective Fig. 2 is a plan Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4 is a Viewsimilar to Fig. 1, with the lock for retaining the pin in its keeperelevated.

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the difierent views.

My improved safety-pin is made from a single piece of wire so bent as toform a body portion 1 and a pin proper, 2, the same being connected oneto the other through a coil 3, which is formed with a straight portion tfor preventing the tearing of the goods in which the pin is inserted.The said coil 3 acts as a spring to hold the pin proper normally awayfrom the body portion. The

strand 5, constituting the main portion of the body part 1, is bentdownwardly at its forward end and thence upwardly, forming a keeper 6,above which keeper a double coil 7 is formed, as clearly shown. Leadingrearwardly from the coil 7 are double arms 8 8, which are formed with aflange 9 at their extremerearends,constitutingafinger-engaging portion,fora purpose which will hereinafter appear. The said arms 8 lie onopposite sides of the strand 5, and one of them is bent downwardly andlate'rally away from the strand 5 to form the inclined portion 10 and isthen bent to form the stop 12, which extends transversely across abovethe pin 2, at a right angle thereto and adjacent to the keeper 6. The

Wire is then bent upwardly and on the outer side of the other arm 8 andthen downwardly to form a loop 11, which straddles the strand 5, and theextreme end of the wire is folded over onto the stop 12 to looselyengage it in a plane between the arms 8. The loop 11 forms a springwhich normally tends to hold the stop 12 projected across the pin 2.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that with the parts inthe position in which they are shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings the stop12 serves to lock and holdthe pin proper, 2, in its keeper 6. To permitof the removal of the pin from the keeper, the

thumb or finger is placed against the flange 9, raising the double arms8 and separating the stop 12 from the keeper 6. When the pin has beenremoved from its keeper, the said double arms will be returned to theirnormal position by the spring-pressure exerted by the coils 7. 6, it isnot necessary toraise the double arms 8. The engagement of said pin withthe. inclined portion 10 will force the stop 12 laterally against thespring action of the loop 11 and permit the pin to pass into the keeper,and as soon as the pin passes out of engagement with the inclinedportion 10 the springloop 11 will again project the stop across the pin.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is v 1. A safety-pin formed from a singlepiece of Wire, andcomprising a body portion, a pin To return the pin 2to its keeper said stop being movable vertically with the arms andlaterally by the engagement of the pin with the inclined portion of thestop, substantially as described.

3. A Wire safety-pin, comprising a body portion and a pin proper, akeeper formed at the forward end of the bodyportion, a coil locatedabove said keeper, rearwardly-extendin g arms leading from said coil andlying on opposite sides of the body portion, one of said arms being bentat its forward end to form a stop having 'a downwardly and outwardlyinclined portion, and a horizontally-disposed portion extending acrossabove the pin to hold it in its keeper, and then being bent to form aspring-loopto straddle the other arm and the body portion, said stopbeing movable vertieally with the arms against the spring action of thecoil and laterally against the spring action of the loop by theengagement of the pin with the inclined portion of the stop,substantially as described.

4. A wire safety-pin, comprisingabody portion and a pin proper, a keeperformed at the forward end of said body portion, a coil located abovesaid keeper, rearwardly-extending arms leading from said coil, and astop at the forward end of one of said arms.

5. Awire safety-pin, comprisingabodyportion and a pin proper, a keeperformed at the forward end of said body portion, a coil located abovesaid keeper, rearwardly-extending arms leading from said coil, locatedone on each side of the strand constituting the main portion of the bodypart, and having a flange constituting a finger-engaging portion, one ofthe said arms being bent at an angle at its forward end, forming a stop,the springpressure exerted by said coil serving to hold said arms intheir normal position.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

' WILLIE E. MICHAEL.

Witnesses:

ALLISON ROBINSON, D. A. RIBLET.

